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Definition of Penmanships
1. penmanship [n] - See also: penmanship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penmanships
Literary usage of Penmanships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flatey Book and Recently Discovered Vatican Manuscripts Concerning by Rasmus Björn Anderson (1906)
"... is substantial evidence that the manuscript was written partly by him and
partly by his scribes, the parchment showing at least two other penmanships ..."
2. American Journal of Education (1876)
"Origin, 521, 528, 737. Rules of, 532. Monastic Schools. Service to Civilization,
534. Punishments in, 853. Industrious Element, 839, 851. 'penmanships, 851. ..."
3. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"1 liked little Evelina full as well as ever; and I have always thought it the
best—that is, the most near to perfection of your excellent penmanships. ..."
4. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"I liked little Evelina full as well as ever; and I have always thought it the
best—that is, the most near to perfection of your excellent penmanships. ..."
5. Washington, Outside and Inside: A Picture and a Narrative of the Origin by George Alfred Townsend (1874)
"... the shifting histories of the Canadas and Nova Scotia, and of all their forms
of law, of Scottish jurisprudence and genealogy, of various penmanships, ..."